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Executive leadership team

Priscilla Radice

Priscilla Radice

Chief Executive Officer
Jodie Gervasoni

Jodie Gervasoni

Chief Operating Officer
Kylie Fitzpatrick

Kylie Fitzpatrick

Executive Director, Commercial and Legal
Dijana Dragovic

Dijana Dragovic

Senior Executive Director, HVHR
Trent Burke

Trent Burke

Senior Executive Director, Health Capital Program
Laura Trengove

Laura Trengove

Executive Director, Office of the CEO
Rachael Rollo

Rachael Rollo

Executive Director, Strategic Communications and Engagement
Alastair Ramsden

Alastair Ramsden

Executive Director, Program Delivery

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Victorian Health Building Authority
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    Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
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Our executive leadership team oversee the strategic direction and performance of our business functions and provide expert advice on health infrastructure to the Victorian Government, our ministers and public health service providers.

The team brings together decades of leadership experience from a range of industries and sectors including public and private infrastructure, architecture, system design, environmental sustainability, property management, engineering and project management.

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VHBA In Brief: July 2023

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Welcome to VHBA In Brief

Welcome to the latest Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) newsletter, VHBA In Brief.

We'd first like to announce our new CEO, Meg Bourke-O'Neil. She has more than 20 years of experience in the public, corporate and non-for-profit sectors in strategy, delivery and reform.

Meg says: ‘My previous roles have included as Deputy Secretary in the transport departments of the Victorian and New South Wales public services and Deputy Chair of the Australia and New Zealand Public Transport Association'.

Earlier in her career she worked in human services in Victoria in the not-for-profit sector, Child Protection and Social Housing.

Speaking of taking the CEO role at VHBA, she says: ‘The opportunity to say, ‘the healthcare of tomorrow, we are building today’ is something I feel a deep connection of purpose to.’

Also in this issue of VHBA In Brief, find out about our latest project milestones and explore:

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Co-designing for better mental health

Each year, around one in five Victorians will experience mental health challenges.

This means we may all be impacted at some point. Whether directly, or indirectly, as a friend, family member, carer or supporter.

While not all people will need acute support such as a mental health bed, some will.

The Victorian Government’s Mental Health Beds Expansion Program is providing additional support for people experiencing acute mental health challenges who require immediate treatment.

The program engaged people with lived and living experience, carers, supporters and health workers as equal partners.

Read how different perspectives inform design.

The Victorian Government is delivering mental health beds across Victoria

Text on screen: The Victorian Government is investing $492 million to deliver 120 new mental health beds across Victoria.

IMAGES: Time lapse footage of a module being constructed from frame-work through to finished construction

Text on screen: The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System recommended involving a diverse range of voices in the design process for these new beds

IMAGES: A montage of views of the prototype module from the outside, then inside with visitors assessing the facilities

Text on screen: including people with lived experience of mental illness, their carers and mental health services and workers.

IMAGES: close ups of visitors discussing the facility’s fit-out

Text on screen: To achieve this we provided tours of a full-scale prototype of a mental health bedroom and ensuite

IMAGES: Visitors checking light fittings, furnishings and taps within the prototype

Text on screen: then captured the thoughts and impressions of our prototype visitors through an online survey.

IMAGES: Visitors filling out an online review form on their phones post-visit

Text on screen: Visitors gained a first-hand experience of how the room will look and feel

IMAGES: A visitor group checking the dimensions of the module, and a slow pan around the bedroom area

Text on screen: and shared opinions on elements including safety features, furnishings and privacy.

IMAGES: Visitor examining a shuttered window, then a group talking with one of the module’s architects

Text on screen: This form of community engagement is just one of the ways we’re designing the ideal environment for recovery and wellbeing.

IMAGES: Visitors discussing the prototype, then a final external shot of the prototype module.

Images: A transition slide shows the text ‘In partnership with Mental Health Reform Victoria (logo), then the closing slide is the Victorian Health Building Authority logo, the web address vhba.vic.gov.au and the Victoria State Government logo. 

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In the spotlight

Victorian Heart Hospital helipad has lift off

Seconds count when someone is in cardiac distress. That’s why Australia’s first standalone, specialist cardiac hospital has a state-of-the-art rooftop helipad.

The helipad at the Victorian Heart Hospital is now operational after Air Ambulance Victoria completed a series of test take-offs and landings.

The helipad will play a vital role in providing faster emergency care and safer transport of critically ill patients. Around three cardiac patients will arrive by helicopter each week from all over Victoria.

Learn more about the helipad

The helipad at Australia's first standalone, specialist cardiac hospital is now in operation

IMAGES: An image of Victorian Heart Hospital, with a helicopter flying overhead in the distance, towards the helipad 

Text on screen: The helipad at Australia’s first standalone, specialist cardiac hospital is now in operation.

IMAGES: an aerial view of the helipad; a closeup of a helicopter arriving at the helipad, preparing to land; a helicopter landing 

Text on screen: The helipad will support emergency transport of critically ill patients to and from the Victorian Heart Hospital.

VOICE-OVER: Having a direct facility like this that the helicopter can land on top of,

IMAGES: Paramedic Andy McKenzie is interviewed in front of the helicopter

Text on screen: Andy McKenzie, Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) Flight Paramedic, Air Ambulance Victoria

VOICE-OVER: there's no doubt this is gonna save lives.

IMAGES: time-lapse footage of the helipad being constructed

VOICE-OVER: Regional cardiac patients are gonna have direct access to the only designated

IMAGES: aerial view of the helipad; a helicopter flying in the sky

VOICE-OVER: heart hospital in Australia, and it obviously,

IMAGES: Paramedic Andy McKenzie is interviewed in front of the helicopter

Text on screen: Andy McKenzie, MICA Flight Paramedic, Air Ambulance Victoria

VOICE-OVER: it means that they're gonna get the care they need in a really timely fashion.

IMAGES: the helicopter approaches the helipad

VOICE-OVER: We're expecting around 12 patients a month that will benefit from this service.

IMAGES: the helicopter approaches the helipad

VOICE-OVER: Every day is pretty different. Uh, and I'm not in behind a desk.

IMAGES: a montage of close-ups of the helicopter and a paramedic

VOICE-OVER: I have an enormous appreciation for going out and meeting people in all sorts

IMAGES: Paramedic Andy McKenzie is interviewed in front of the helicopter

Text on screen: Andy McKenzie, MICA Flight Paramedic, Air Ambulance Victoria

VOICE-OVER: of facets of their daily lives, and I love that

IMAGES: the camera pans across the helicopter on the helipad

VOICE-OVER: I can't predict what my day is gonna be.

IMAGES: Paramedic Andy McKenzie is interviewed in front of the helicopter

Text on screen: Andy McKenzie, MICA Flight Paramedic, Air Ambulance Victoria

IMAGES: the helicopter taking off; the helicopter flying in the sky

IMAGES: A screen displays a white background with three logos – Monash University, Monash Health and Ambulance Victoria. A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the web address vhba.vic.gov.au

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How your Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment will be delivered

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IMAGES: Icons slide onto the screen, along with the text ‘The Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment’

Voice-over: The Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment will transform services giving people in Victoria's southwest

IMAGES: the animation transitions to a map of Victoria; an image of a family and a healthcare worker appears over the top of the map

Voice-over: access to world-class healthcare facilities close to home.

IMAGES: an illustration of a hospital surrounded by icons

Voice-over: Redeveloping a working hospital is a complex job.

IMAGES: illustrations of people and speech bubbles surround each side of the hospital graphic

Voice-over: It involves a lot of planning and many conversations with consumers, community members, and healthcare staff.

IMAGES: an illustration of the hospital exterior, surrounded by flowers and plants

Voice-over: This work helps to shape the services priorities and look and feel of your redeveloped hospital.

IMAGES: the hospital is zoomed out and replaced with images of clocks and lightbulbs

Voice-over: Large projects like this are delivered in stages with key approval points

IMAGES: illustrations of people appear

Voice-over: care when and where it's needed most.

IMAGES: construction workers on a building site

Voice-over: Large projects like this are delivered in stages with key approval points at each stage.

IMAGES: illustration transitions to a group of people collaborating around a table

Voice-over: We started with a health service plan to help determine the community's

IMAGES: image transitions to a group of people holding construction plans, standing in front of illustrations of buildings and the city

Voice-over: healthcare needs, followed by master planning and a feasibility study.

IMAGES: images of books

Voice-over: A business case was then developed, and most importantly, funding secured to deliver the bigger and better hospital. Next,

IMAGES: the books slide off screen and are replaced one by one with images of the different people involved such as architects and healthcare workers

Voice-over: architects, engineers, health planners, hospital staff, and user groups came together to develop a schematic design for the redevelopment, similar to blueprints for a new house.

IMAGES: images slide to reveal an image of the people in the community, surrounded by speech bubbles.

Voice-over: Then it was time for the community to have their say. We invited the community to contribute through pop-up consultation sessions,

IMAGES: image changes to people discussing the plans; an image of a computer

Voice-over: targeted workshops, and an online survey

IMAGES: an image of a car park slides on screen

Voice-over: and we heard that things like car parking,

IMAGES: an image of people sitting on a park bench in a garden slides on screen, as well as hospital signage

Voice-over: outdoor spaces and easy to follow signage were most important to you.

IMAGES: image transitions to a group of people collaborating around a computer screen

Voice-over: Your feedback and ideas were shared with the architect, to help shape family and public spaces in the new facility. Importantly,

IMAGES: image of a cursor drawing within a design program

Voice-over: your input will also help to inform design development. Where we work with healthcare staff and other experts to design and detail exactly what the

IMAGES: the drawing transitions to an image of a building

Voice-over: redevelopment will look like, inside and out. Next,

IMAGES: the image is replaced with several images of different workers

Voice-over: development. To free up space for the new multi-story hospital tower,

IMAGES: image of a worker driving a bulldozer appears; an image of a laundry slides onto screen, next to the bulldozer

Voice-over: some existing buildings will be demolished and services such as linen will be relocated to a new offsite facility.

IMAGES: images of construction workers on a building site

Voice-over: Construction of the redevelopment can then begin. The builder and health service will work together to ensure the hospital

IMAGES: an image of a completed hospital appears in the centre of the screen, and the construction site slides off-screen

Voice-over: continues to operate with minimal disruption throughout construction.

IMAGES: an image of a family speaking with a healthcare worker

Voice-over: Once construction has finished and the new facilities commissioned, your newly redeveloped Warrnambool Base Hospital will officially open its doors.

IMAGE: A screen displays an ‘in partnership with South West Healthcare’ logo. A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the web address vhba.vic.gov.au

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  • Step 1
    1. Service planning Health service planning professionals work together to determine the current and future health needs of Warrnambool and surrounding communities – and how those needs can best be met.
    Step 1
    1. Service planning
    Health service planning professionals work together to determine the current and future health needs of Warrnambool and surrounding communities – and how those needs can best be met.
  • Step 1
    2. Masterplanning We work with various consultants to develop a masterplan study. This assesses the condition, functionality and utilisation of existing assets. It also outlines the infrastructure required to meet future demand for clinical services. We then provide a detailed feasibility study including costs for early stages.
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    2. Masterplanning
    We work with various consultants to develop a masterplan study. This assesses the condition, functionality and utilisation of existing assets. It also outlines the infrastructure required to meet future demand for clinical services. We then provide a detailed feasibility study including costs for early stages.
  • Step 1
    3. Business Case Business case approved and funding announced in 2020 The business case identifies the issues, potential solutions, costs and timeframes for the hospital redevelopment. The state government had to approve this for the redevelopment to progress to the next phase.
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    3. Business Case
    Business case approved and funding announced in 2020 The business case identifies the issues, potential solutions, costs and timeframes for the hospital redevelopment. The state government had to approve this for the redevelopment to progress to the next phase.
  • Step 1
    4. Schematic design Designer appointed in February 2022 Architects, engineers, health planners, hospital staff and user groups all contribute to planning the hospital. They create plans and elevations, and consider things like how patients will move through the hospital.
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    4. Schematic design
    Designer appointed in February 2022 Architects, engineers, health planners, hospital staff and user groups all contribute to planning the hospital. They create plans and elevations, and consider things like how patients will move through the hospital.
  • Step 1
    5. Community consultation We invited the community to have their say in 2022 via pop-up sessions, targeted workshops and an online survey. Your feedback and ideas for key family and public spaces were shared with the project design team.
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    5. Community consultation
    We invited the community to have their say in 2022 via pop-up sessions, targeted workshops and an online survey. Your feedback and ideas for key family and public spaces were shared with the project design team.
  • Step 1
    6. Design development We work with special user groups made up of health care staff and other experts to refine the schematics to a precise design. This includes every detail in every room, including locations of doors, windows, data and power points, as well as technology and medical equipment required.
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    6. Design development
    We work with special user groups made up of health care staff and other experts to refine the schematics to a precise design. This includes every detail in every room, including locations of doors, windows, data and power points, as well as technology and medical equipment required.
  • Step 1
    7. Procurement A competitive tender process occurs to choose a company to build the redevelopment.
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    7. Procurement
    A competitive tender process occurs to choose a company to build the redevelopment.
  • Step 1
    Getting ready for your redeveloped hospital You may notice work taking place on the Warrnambool Base Hospital site from 2023 and wonder what is happening. To help prepare for construction of the new hospital tower, we will start functional relocations, demolition and construction works on the hospital site. Constructions of a new offsite Regional Logistics Distribution Centre (RLDC) will also free up space for the redevelopment.
    Step 1
    Getting ready for your redeveloped hospital
    You may notice work taking place on the Warrnambool Base Hospital site from 2023 and wonder what is happening. To help prepare for construction of the new hospital tower, we will start functional relocations, demolition and construction works on the hospital site. Constructions of a new offsite Regional Logistics Distribution Centre (RLDC) will also free up space for the redevelopment.
  • Step 1
    8. Construction The builders start construction of the redevelopment. Early works will include decanting and demolition to free up space for the redevelopment. Then main works will begin, including construction of the new multi-storey hospital tower.
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    8. Construction
    The builders start construction of the redevelopment. Early works will include decanting and demolition to free up space for the redevelopment. Then main works will begin, including construction of the new multi-storey hospital tower.
  • Step 1
    9. Commissioning and completion Once the redevelopment is complete, commissioning takes place. This is where everything in the new part of the hospital is clinically cleaned, tested and approved. Once everything has passed, the building surveyor delivers the appropriate certifications. Then and staff will move in, ready to open for patients.
    Step 1
    9. Commissioning and completion
    Once the redevelopment is complete, commissioning takes place. This is where everything in the new part of the hospital is clinically cleaned, tested and approved. Once everything has passed, the building surveyor delivers the appropriate certifications. Then and staff will move in, ready to open for patients.
  • Step 1
    10. Redevelopment opens This is one of the most exciting parts. This is where the hospital redevelopment, including the new multi-level tower, is fully operational and ready to go! Your bigger, better Warrnambool Base Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
    Step 1
    10. Redevelopment opens
    This is one of the most exciting parts. This is where the hospital redevelopment, including the new multi-level tower, is fully operational and ready to go! Your bigger, better Warrnambool Base Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
  • Step 5
    11. Review and evaluation We will review the redeveloped hospital after it has been running for about 12 months. We look at how well it is working and capture insights to help us plan and design future healthcare services for Warrnambool and Victoria.
    Step 5
    11. Review and evaluation
    We will review the redeveloped hospital after it has been running for about 12 months. We look at how well it is working and capture insights to help us plan and design future healthcare services for Warrnambool and Victoria.

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Community engagement

It takes a lot of planning and many conversations to work out what your redeveloped Warrnambool Base Hospital will look like.

Throughout this process, we will engage with service users, people with lived experience, staff, experts and the local community. We are committed to keeping you informed and involved in the lead up to and throughout construction.

There will also be an opportunity to tour your bigger, better hospital when it is complete.

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The Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment will transform services at the hospital. It will give Victoria’s south west community access to world-class healthcare facilities, close to home.

But redeveloping a hospital is a complex job! It takes a lot of planning and many conversations with the community and healthcare staff. We are working with them to help determine what the redeveloped hospital will look and feel like.

Here we share some of the steps we need to take to redevelop the hospital and invite you to come on the journey with us.

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在公立养老院过上美好的生活 (Simplified Chinese)

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公立养老院在帮助维多利亚州弱势群体获得护理和服务方面发挥着重要作用，弱势群体指的是:

  • 有复杂援助需求的人群
  • 在社会经济上正处于劣势的人群
  • 由于别无选择才在目前的住房居住的人群。

这些服务旨在促进居民的独立性、选择权和尊严，从而帮助改善他们的健康、福祉和生活质量。

通过关注公立养老院居民的需求，我们可以创造一个良好的环境来帮助他们改善身心健康并保持独立性。

我们正在维多利亚州建造和升级公立养老院设施，利用有助于养老院居民的设计并听取他们的意见来为其改善福祉。

维多利亚州卫生建设管理局（VHBA）的设计服务经理 Sally Delany 对选择设计方案时考虑到的因素进行了说明。

“我们可以利用颜色和形状来引导居民们在院所从室内到室外区域自行走动。如果单凭直觉就知道如何在院内到处走动，即可避免困惑和焦虑，从而让居民们变得更加独立。”

Sally Delany，VHBA 设计服务经理

Sally 说，设计时考虑到不同需求能够造福所有养老院居民。

“有充分的证据表明，以建筑形式与自然建立关联，可以改善环境和我们的健康体验。这对所有员工、访客，尤其是居民来讲都是重要的考虑因素。

“通过应用为脑退化症居民提供支持的原则，例如避免使用可能让他们感到困惑的复杂图案，可以帮助有多种需求的养老院居民。此类设计还能够让养老院居民在需求逐渐改变的情况下，仍然可以在原来的房间居住。”

让人感到安心的环境不仅有利于养老院居民，还有利于所有人。Sally 访问了开放后的设施，以了解这些设计在实际环境中的效果。

我们在与最近建造和升级的一些养老院中的居民、工作人员和访客交谈时了解到，对他们有帮助的设计包括：

  • 可以选择他们想要进入的空间，以及与他人的互动程度
  • 能够对自己所处的环境进行个性化处理并加以掌控。

“住户可以调节供暖和照明。他们可以选择到户外走走或去厨房泡杯茶。这些是如果您在自己家中就会进行的日常活动。

Sally 补充说：“养老院居民务必拥有自主权，并能够在像家一样的环境中有安全感。”

Murrenda（斥资 8158 万澳元新建的 Wantirna 养老院设施）能够满足一系列复杂护理需求，包括行动不便和脑退化症。每个房间入口处设置装有个人物品的记忆盒是让人感到温馨和舒适的小细节。

营造像家一样的温馨环境

我们以人为本的设计理念确保我们的设施能够营造一个温馨的环境，在提供熟悉和舒适感觉的同时，让居民拥有选择权和自主权。

这可以帮助居民在让他们感到舒适的地方继续生活中有意义的活动。

Richard Blight 是 Blight, Blight & Blight 建筑设计公司的董事，该公司为 Creswick 养老院设计了价值 320 万澳元的脑退化症友好单元。Richard 解释了他们团队在设计过程中如何与居民互动。

“我们开展艺术治疗课程，这是一种与居民进行研讨的方式，以了解他们心目中的家是什么样的。我们在进行研讨时会使用一张画有一幢房子的图，让他们通过把他们认为与家相关的图片贴上去来完成一幅拼贴画。

Richard Blight，Blight, Blight & Blight 建筑设计公司董事

在建造或翻新公立养老院设施时，我们实施设计策略来营造家一般的环境，包括：

  • 以小家庭为蓝本的平面布局
  • 私人卧室带有可进行个性化装饰的卫浴套间
  • 轻松进入户外区域的途径
  • 多样化的公共区域。
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Sống tốt trong viện dưỡng lão công cộng (Vietnamese)

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Các cơ sở chăm sóc người cao niên nội trú trong lĩnh vực công cộng đóng một vai trò quan trọng trong việc hỗ trợ chăm sóc và cung cấp các dịch vụ cho những người dân Victoria dễ bị tổn thương, những người:

  • có nhu cầu hỗ trợ phức tạp 
  • đang gặp bất lợi về kinh tế xã hội 
  • sống ở nơi không có lựa chọn thay thế nào khác. 

Các dịch vụ này nhằm mục đích thúc đẩy sự độc lập, lựa chọn và phẩm cách của cư dân để hỗ trợ sức khỏe, an sinh và chất lượng cuộc sống của họ.

Bằng cách tập trung vào nhu cầu của cư dân trong các cơ sở chăm sóc người cao niên công cộng, chúng tôi có thể tạo ra một môi trường hỗ trợ giúp nâng cao sức khỏe và phát huy sự độc lập.

Chúng tôi đang xây dựng và nâng cấp các dịch vụ chăm sóc người cao niên nội trú trong lĩnh vực công cộng trên khắp Victoria, sử dụng thiết kế hỗ trợ và thông tin chi tiết về cư dân để cải thiện tình trạng an sinh.

Sally Delany, Giám đốc Dịch vụ Thiết kế tại Cơ quan Xây dựng Y tế Victoria (VHBA), giải thích ý nghĩa của các lựa chọn thiết kế.

'Chúng tôi có thể sử dụng màu sắc và hình dạng để khuyến khích các chuyển động tự nhiên xuyên suốt tòa nhà và các khu vực ngoài trời. Nếu việc đi lại đơn giản và trực quan, cư dân sẽ độc lập hơn – tránh sự lẫn lộn và lo âu.'

Sally Delany, Giám đốc Dịch vụ Thiết kế, VHBA

Sally nói rằng việc thiết kế với các nhu cầu khác nhau sẽ mang lại lợi ích cho tất cả cư dân.

'Có nhiều tài liệu chứng minh rằng sự kết nối với thiên nhiên dưới hình thức xây dựng giúp cải thiện môi trường và trải nghiệm về sức khỏe của chúng ta. Đây là một cân nhắc quan trọng đối với tất cả nhân viên, người thăm viếng và đặc biệt là cư dân.

'Bằng cách áp dụng các nguyên tắc hỗ trợ cư dân bị chứng suy giảm trí nhớ, chẳng hạn như tránh các họa tiết rắc rối có thể gây lẫn lộn, có thể giúp cư dân với nhiều nhu cầu khác nhau. Điều này cũng áp dụng cho cư dân ở trong cùng một phòng ngay cả khi nhu cầu của họ thay đổi theo thời gian.'

Một môi trường yên tĩnh không chỉ tốt cho cư dân mà còn tốt cho tất cả mọi người. Sally đã đến thăm các cơ sở sau khi được đưa vào hoạt động để xem thiết kế tác dụng như thế nào trong thực tế.

Nói chuyện với cư dân, nhân viên và người thăm viếng tại một số cơ sở nội trú mà chúng tôi đã xây dựng và nâng cấp gần đây, các tính năng hỗ trợ bao gồm:

  • chọn không gian họ muốn tham gia và mức độ tham gia với những người khác
  • cá nhân hóa và kiểm soát môi trường của chính họ.

'Cư dân có thể điều chỉnh hệ thống sưởi và ánh sáng. Họ có thể chọn ra ngoài hoặc vào bếp để pha một tách trà. Đây là những hoạt động của cuộc sống hàng ngày mà quý vị có thể thực hiện tại nhà riêng của mình.

Sally nói thêm: 'Điều quan trọng là mọi người đều có quyền tự chủ và cảm thấy an toàn trong một không gian giống như ở nhà.'

Murrenda (cơ sở mới chăm sóc người cao niên nội trú Wantirna trị giá 81,58 triệu đô la) hỗ trợ cho việc chăm sóc nhiều nhu cầu phức tạp bao gồm khả năng vận động và chứng suy giảm trí nhớ. Hộp ký ức với các vật dụng cá nhân ở lối vào của mỗi phòng tạo cảm giác thoải mái và gần gũi như ở nhà.

Tạo môi trường giống ở nhà

Phương pháp thiết kế tập trung vào con người đảm bảo các cơ sở của chúng tôi tạo ra một môi trường giống như ở nhà mang đến sự lựa chọn và độc lập bên cạnh sự quen thuộc và thoải mái.

Điều này hỗ trợ cư dân tiếp tục tham gia có ý nghĩa vào cuộc sống ở một nơi mà họ cảm thấy thoải mái.

Richard Blight là Giám đốc của Blight, Blight & Blight – công ty kiến trúc đã thiết kế khu dưỡng lão trị giá 3,2 triệu đô la cho người bị chứng suy giảm trí nhớ tại Viện dưỡng lão Creswick. Richard giải thích việc nhóm của họ tương tác với cư dân như thế nào trong quá trình thiết kế.

'Chúng tôi điều hành các chương trình trị liệu bằng nghệ thuật, đây là cách hội thảo với cư dân để tìm hiểu ý nghĩa của ngôi nhà đối với họ. Chúng tôi tổ chức các hội thảo này với một tờ giấy có hình vẽ một ngôi nhà – và chúng tôi yêu cầu họ, thông qua quá trình cắt dán hình, dán xuống các bức tranh về ý nghĩa của ngôi nhà đối với họ.'

Richard Blight, Giám đốc Blight, Blight & Blight

Khi xây dựng hoặc tân trang một cơ sở chăm sóc người cao niên nội trú trong lĩnh vực công cộng, chúng tôi thực hiện các chiến lược thiết kế để tạo ra một môi trường giống như ở nhà, bao gồm:

  • các sơ đồ mặt bằng được mô hình hóa theo một hộ gia đình nhỏ
  • phòng ngủ riêng với phòng tắm riêng có thể được cá nhân hóa
  • dễ dàng tiếp cận các khu vực ngoài trời
  • một loạt các khu vực chung.
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